Sad-iron.



No. 680,970. Patented Aug. 2U, |901. G. H. FURD.

SAD IRON.

(Application filed Apr. 29, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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GEORGE R. FORD, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

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SEECIFICATION forming part 0f Letters Fatemi, No. 680,970, dated August 20, 1901. Application filed April 29, 1901. Serial No. 57,854. (No model.)

To til whom it may concern,.-

Beit known that I, GEORGE R. FORD, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sad-Irons, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to a sad-iron of theV class that is adapted to be heated by a hydrocarbon oil, such as gasolene; and the object of myinvention is to produce a construction which will be effective in operation, inexpensive to make, and in which the fuel can be replenished with safety without waitin g for the iron to cool.

With this object in View myinvention consists in features of novelty hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

Figure I :is a perspective view of my improved sadiron. Fig. II is a vertical section. Fig. III is a detail vertical tranverse section taken on line III III, Fig. II. Fig. IV is a detail top view illustrating the manner of holding the oil-tank in place. Fig. V is a dctail horizontal section taken online V V, Fig. II. Fig. VI is an enlarged detail section of the inner end of the oil-tank.

Referring to the drawings, l represents the body of the iron, which is made hollow and which is provided at front and rear with aircirculating holes 2.

3 represents the hollow handle of the iron, which is connected to the body l by means of a rear arm 4 and a front arm 5, each of these arms being made in sections, insulated by asbestos packing 6 to keep the heat from the body l being transmitted, to a great extent, to the handle 3. The arm 5 is pivotally connected to the body 1 by means of a pin 7, having an enlarged inner end 8, that holds the arm to the body, While permitting the handle to be turned over with relation to the body when desired. The arm 4 has a projection 9 fitting in a hole or socket formed in the back end of the body, and to this projection is secured a burner-tube-IO. The projection 9 has an opening 1l, in line with the `tube lO, to re ceive the gas mingled with air from a jet-oriice 12 in the lower part of the arm 4. The jeteorice is formed in an enlargement 13 of the arm 4, this enlargement being provided with a valve 14 to control the flow of gas through the jetoritice. The arm 4 is formed with a duct or passage 15 to allow the fuel to pass from the handle to the jet-orifice. The oil isheated in the enlargement 13 and trans formed into a vapor and issues from the jetorii'ce 12 in the form of a vapor. The lower part of the tube l0 is formed with numerous perforations for the escape of gas. The tube thus forms the burner for the iron.

1G represents a spring-actuated catch carried by the arm 5 and the lower end of which is adapted to enterpcrforations 17 in a nose 18, formed on the front end of the iron. By raising the catch the handle may be swung over to one side of the body, the pin 7 and the projection 9 turning in their respective sockets in the body 1, and the handle may be held at any desired position with relation to the body by allowing the catch 16 to enter the proper hole 17. The body l is provided with a cap 19, between which and the upper edge of the body are side spaces 2O for the escape of hot air from the interior of the body, thus providing, in addition to the openings 2, for a good circulation of air through the body of the iron. The cap is held to the body by means of lugs 2l, that engage beneath a flange 22 on the body, and by a disk 23, carried by a pin 24, journaled in the front part of the cap and which is provided with a lever 25. The disk or button 23 is eccentrically secured to the pin 24, so that by turning the lever one side of the button is projected beneath a shoulder 26 on the front end of the body 1. On the under side of the cap 19 is an asbestos sheet 27, which acts to prevent the radiation of heat through the cap to keep the handle 3 from bc-a ing overheated.

28 represents an oil-tank fitting within the hollow handle 3. This tank is in the form of a tube or cylinder, the inner end of which is provided with a spring-actuated valve 29, lo cated in a housing 30. I have shown the valve in the form of a ball that is pressed by the spring against the seat 3l on the end of the tank. The tank is slightly shorter than the handle of the iron, and secured to the end of the latter is a pin 32, which when the tank is inserted impinges against the valve 29, there by opening the latter and allowing the oil to IOO pass from the tank through the arm 4t to the jet.

33 represents a spring fitting within the hollow handle and against which the inner end of the tank impinges when the latter is forced into the handle, thus compressing the spring, which acts when the tank is released to force the tank outwardly by a quick movement, so that the valve will be carried away from the pin 32 and be forced to its seat by its spring, thus shutting o the flow of oil from the tank into the hollow handle when it is desired to remove the tank from the handle. is held to itsinner position by a bail 34, pivoted to the handle and the forward end of which is adapted to swing down in front of the outer end of the tank. The tank has a groove 35, adapted to receive a pin 36, projecting inwardly from the wall of the handle. By directing the tank so that the groove will receive the pin the tank will be in proper position for the valve 29 to contact with the stem 32.

By providing the hollow handle and a removable tank with an automatically-closing valve adapted to be opened by coming against a stem carried by the handle the fuel can be replenished as often as it may become eX- hausted without waiting for the iron to cool olf, as there would be no danger of an eXplosion by the application ot' a closed tank to the handle, as would be the case were an attempt made to lill a tank directly attached to the iron while the latter was in a heated condition.

The tank is provided with a plug 37 for closing an opening through which the tank is filled when removed from the handle.

l claim as my inventionl. In asad-iron, the combination of a body, a hollow handle, a removable tank adapted to fit within the handle and provided with an automatically-closing valve, and means car- The tank ried by the handle for engaging and opening said valve when the tank is inserted, substantially as set forth.

2. In a sad-iron, the combination of a body, a hollow handle, a tank adapted to lit within the handle and which is provided with an automatically-closing valve, and a stem on the handle adapted to open the valve when the tank is inserted into the handle, substantially as set forth.

3. In a sad-iron, the combination of a body, a hollow handle, a tank provided with an automatically-closing valve and which is adapted to be inserted into the hollow handle, a stem carried by the handle and which is adapted to open said valve when the tank is placed in position in the handle, and a spring for throwing the tank outwardly when it is released and permitting the valve to close, substantially as set forth.

4:. In a sad-iron, the combination of a body, a hollow handle, a tank provided with an automaticallyclosing valve and which is adapted to it within the handle, means for opening the valve when the tank is inserted in the handle, and a spring for throwing the tank outwardly when the tank is released, substantially as set forth.

5. In a sad-iron, the combination of a body, a hollow handle, a tank provided with an automatically-closing valve, a stein carried by the handle and which is adapted to open the valve when the tank is inserted into the handle, a spring for throwing the tank outwardly when released, a bail for holding the tank to its inner position, and a pin-andgroove connection between the handle and tank to insure the engagement of said stem against said valve, substantially as set forth.

GEORGER. FORD. In presence of- E. S. KNIGHT, M. P. SMITH. 

